Census 2027 will include new questions on duration of stay and reasons for migration, Minister Nityanand Rai told Lok Sabha. The digital census will be conducted in two phases House Listing from April to September 2026 and Population Enumeration in February 2027
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Census 2027 will also include questions related to the duration of stay at the current residence and the reason for migration, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
While filing a written reply, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said that in the census, information of every individual is collected at the place where they are found during the period of enumeration.
Rai was responding to a question from a member on whether any special provisions are being made for counting migrant workers and temporary residents during Census 2027 and if a separate data collection process is proposed for the same, reported news agency PTI.
Furthermore, the minister said that migration data is collected for each and every individual based on their place of birth and place of last residence.
“The Census also collects information on the duration of stay at the current residence and the reason for migration. The questionnaire for the census is notified before conducting fieldwork by the Central Government through the Official Gazette,” Rai further emphasised.
Census 2027 will be conducted in two phases: the first is the House Listing and Housing Census, between April and September 2026; and the second, Population Enumeration (PE), in February 2027.
Depending on the convenience of the state governments, the first phase of the census, which will run from April to September 2026, will be completed in 30 days.
With the exception of the Union Territory of Ladakh, the snow-bound non-synchronous areas of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, and the states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, which will be done in September 2026 with the reference date of 00:00 hours of October 1, 2026, the population will be counted in February 2027 with the reference date of 00:00 hours of March 1, 2027.
As determined by the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs on April 30, the exercise will be digital and involve caste enumeration. The 2027 census will be conducted in two phases:
- Phase I – House Listing and Housing Census, scheduled from April to September 2026
- Phase II - Population Enumeration, set for February 2027
(With inputs from PTI)
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